Storage Accounts - Customer Initiated Migration

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/resource-group-name/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/accountname/startAccountMigration?api-version=2025-06-01

{
  "properties": {
    "targetSkuName": "Standard_ZRS"
  }
}

import com.azure.resourcemanager.storage.fluent.models.StorageAccountMigrationInner;
import com.azure.resourcemanager.storage.models.SkuName;

/**
 * Samples for StorageAccounts CustomerInitiatedMigration.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountPostMigration.
     * json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: StorageAccountPostMigration.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void storageAccountPostMigration(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.storageAccounts().manager().serviceClient().getStorageAccounts().customerInitiatedMigration(
            "resource-group-name", "accountname",
            new StorageAccountMigrationInner().withTargetSkuName(SkuName.STANDARD_ZRS),
            com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.storage import StorageManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-storage
# USAGE
    python storage_account_post_migration.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = StorageManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    client.storage_accounts.begin_customer_initiated_migration(
        resource_group_name="resource-group-name",
        account_name="accountname",
        parameters={"properties": {"targetSkuName": "Standard_ZRS"}},
    ).result()


# x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountPostMigration.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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package armstorage_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/storage/armstorage/v3"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/4e9df3afd38a1cfa00a5d49419dce51bd014601f/specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountPostMigration.json
func ExampleAccountsClient_BeginCustomerInitiatedMigration() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armstorage.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewAccountsClient().BeginCustomerInitiatedMigration(ctx, "resource-group-name", "accountname", armstorage.AccountMigration{
		StorageAccountMigrationDetails: &armstorage.AccountMigrationProperties{
			TargetSKUName: to.Ptr(armstorage.SKUNameStandardZRS),
		},
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	_, err = poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
}

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const { StorageManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-storage");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");
require("dotenv/config");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Account Migration request can be triggered for a storage account to change its redundancy level. The migration updates the non-zonal redundant storage account to a zonal redundant account or vice-versa in order to have better reliability and availability. Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) replicates your storage account synchronously across three Azure availability zones in the primary region.
 *
 * @summary Account Migration request can be triggered for a storage account to change its redundancy level. The migration updates the non-zonal redundant storage account to a zonal redundant account or vice-versa in order to have better reliability and availability. Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) replicates your storage account synchronously across three Azure availability zones in the primary region.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountPostMigration.json
 */
async function storageAccountPostMigration() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["STORAGE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["STORAGE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "resource-group-name";
  const accountName = "accountname";
  const parameters = { targetSkuName: "Standard_ZRS" };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new StorageManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.storageAccounts.beginCustomerInitiatedMigrationAndWait(
    resourceGroupName,
    accountName,
    parameters,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

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using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Storage.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Storage;

// Generated from example definition: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2025-06-01/examples/StorageAccountPostMigration.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "StorageAccounts_CustomerInitiatedMigration" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this StorageAccountResource created on azure
// for more information of creating StorageAccountResource, please refer to the document of StorageAccountResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "resource-group-name";
string accountName = "accountname";
ResourceIdentifier storageAccountResourceId = StorageAccountResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, accountName);
StorageAccountResource storageAccount = client.GetStorageAccountResource(storageAccountResourceId);

// invoke the operation
StorageAccountMigrationData data = new StorageAccountMigrationData(StorageSkuName.StandardZrs);
await storageAccount.CustomerInitiatedMigrationAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, data);

Console.WriteLine("Succeeded");

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